AI Compute Goes Gigawatt in the Gulf and Asia — August 07, 2026

Ooredoo, Nvidia and Nokia are backing Zankore’s 200MW Southeast Asia AI compute platform as Neom, APAC developers and SK Telecom push gigawatt-scale data-center plans; the bottleneck is shifting from model demand to powered capacity. In this episode Qatar’s Ooredoo, Nvidia, and Nokia unveil multi-billion-dollar AI compute platform—and Southeast Asia is their target — Yahoo Finance # Qatar’s Ooredoo, Nvidia, and Nokia unveil multi-billion-dollar AI compute platform—and Southeast Asia is their target Published: 2026-08-06T12:00:47+00:00 Source: finance.yahoo.com (finance.yahoo.com) Language: en ## Story An orchestration layer will decide how GPU capacity is shared across multiple users or clusters and leverage Nvidia technology to recover stranded power across the GPU… Neom to start building Oxagon AI data centre ‘in months’ | AGBI — AGBI Neom to start building Oxagon AI data centre ‘in months’ | AGBI Exclusive # Neom to start building Oxagon AI data centre ‘in months’ By August 5, 2026 4:00 AM The 1.5GW campus will be at Oxagon, Neom’s port and industrial hub on the Red Sea Neom - DataVolt agreement signed in 2025 - Project described as an AI factory - World’s ‘lowest cost compute’ Neom’s planned artificial intelligence… Asia Pacific data centre pipeline hits record 26.5GW — IT Brief Australia Asia Pacific data centre pipeline hits record 26.5GW IT Brief Australia - Technology news for CIOs & IT decision-makers Australia Powered By # Asia Pacific data centre pipeline hits record 26.5GW Wed, 5th Aug 2026 MARK TARRE News Chief Asia Pacific's data centre development pipeline reached a record 26.5GW in the first half of 2026, with the region adding 7.1GW in six months, according to… SK Telecom Q2 Operating Profit Jumps 67% as AIDC Revenue Nearly Doubles - Seoul Economic Daily — Seoul Economic Daily SK Telecom Q2 Operating Profit Jumps 67% as AIDC Revenue Nearly Doubles - Seoul Economic Daily KST Seoul Economic DailyKorea's Leading Business News Since 1960 Menu Saved ArticlesNewslettersAI KEYSettings |Summary|Save AAA SK Telecom Q2 earnings. Image created by ChatGPT SK Telecom (017670.KS) raised its second-quarter operating profit by 67.3% from a year earlier, driven by rapid growth… Daily TopFive for AI Daily Briefing. Links above go to the original articles. Follow and rate AI Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts. Feedback? Email ai-daily-briefing@lanternpodcasts.com.